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Thursday, January 05, 2012

Dear Friends on the Path,

We are still in Costa Rica with the raw elements. It has been an amazing two weeks with my kalarippayatu Gurukaal Sathya Narayan and the forms of the teachers all around us - waves, monkeys, and the bonfires. Our LYS group for the first month of the year is closing today for our meditation tomorrow as we focus on the fires we will be tending for the new cycle of the year.

I am grateful to offer you ways to study with some of my root teachers in Tantra: Daniel Odier (returning to the Venice after four years), Paul Muller-Ortega (who is offering three weekends to go deep into the meditation upon the mysticism of the heart fire), Chris Tompkins who has been such an amazing scholar and guide in our teacher trainings, the Nagas - great boa beings who we offer meditation with a few times a year and the Yoginis (my yoga journal intensive is dedicated to their teachings).

By means of oblation the entirety of all existing things dissolve into the brilliant fire of divine Consciousness. Then, all that remains is that Brilliance alone! By such a practice, a Yogin attains the understanding that all existing things are made only of the brilliant fire of the Supreme Lord, the luminous Consciousness!
-- From the Tantrasara of Abhinavagupta

I am very happy from my heart to welcome back my root teacher in Tandava, Daniel Odier, to the Les Etats Unis. He is an amazing being and transmitter of Lalita Devi's lineage. His incredible translation of the Yoga Spanda Karika and Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, as well Tantric Quest and Desire have all been part of our teacher training sacred reading list. Please join us in the Malibu Mountain Retreat or at Exhale for the Weekend.

If you are interested in also attending the Venice weekend immersion with Daniel on March 31 and April 1, please contact Exhale Center for Sacred Movement to register: 310-450-7676 or register@exhalespa.com. (www.exhalespa.com/venice)